• Administrators of departments such as surgery, clinical medicine or laboratory medicine are usually required to have the education and training of a specialist physician.
  
• Administrators of other departments, such as nursing, dietetics or physiotherapy, are usually required to have the education and training of the medical professionals in that department.
  
• Several years of experience in the relevant profession, including supervisory experience, are usually required.
  
• Certification in the relevant profession is required.
  

Master
Doctorate

Allocating and Controlling Resources
Co-ordinating and Organizing
Evaluating
Leading and Motivating
Recruiting and Hiring
Strategic Planning
Supervising
Analyzing Information
Planning
Projecting Outcomes

Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
Biology